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Mines in Howard County, Nebraska

Howard County, Nebraska has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 11 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 8 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 2004. Inspectors have issued 84 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Howard County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Howard County →

Mines on register
11
Active
0
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
84
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 11 abandoned 8 reported accidents, 1989–2004
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Howard County, Nebraska · Population 6,492
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$74,508
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Elba Sand & Gravel 4 0 0
Tri-County Sand & Gravel Inc 2 0 1
Batenhorst Gravel Company 1 0 1
Central Sand and Gravel Company 1 0 0
Greeley County 1 0 0
Liberty Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Nebraska Sand Company LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Howard County11 on register
  1. Elba Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri-County Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500979
    Abandoned
  2. ST. PAUL PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Batenhorst Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500773
    Abandoned
  3. Pit #89 St Paul
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Sand and Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500507
    Abandoned
  4. Nebraska Sand Company LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nebraska Sand Company LLC · MSHA ID 2501251
    Abandoned
  5. Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri County Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2501261
    Abandoned
  6. Liberty Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Liberty Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2501262
    Abandoned
  7. Greeley County Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Greeley County · MSHA ID 2500823
    Abandoned
  8. Pit And Plant #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elba Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2500991
    Abandoned
  9. Pit And Plant No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elba Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2500455
    Abandoned
  10. PIT AND PLANT NO 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elba Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2500173
    Abandoned
  11. Pit And Plant No 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elba Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2500860
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.